• Published 16th Jun 2012
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Back to the Swarm - PointlessGizmo



The sequel to The Braggart and The Bug. Leech is recalled by his swarm. Doesn't go well, of course.

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Author's note - Blatant Self Promotion!

Hello once more, my FIM-Fictioning chums

Some of you might have found it already, but I'm just dropping this in here in case anyone happens to be interested. If two volumes of Leech-based, tedious, mediocre, badly written droning weren't enough for you, there's good news! A third is now online, after a couple of months' hiatus.


You can see it here: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/51912/Bug-In-The-City


Alternatively, you can not read it, and frankly I wouldn't blame you. :D But once again, just thought some of you might like to know.


Goodbye for now!

- PG


Oh and as before, if this sort of thing is against the rules, just let me know and I'll take it off.

Comments ( 11 )

Thanks for the info, will read.

1347778

Thanks for the feedback. :pinkiehappy:

The first story was the first fanfic I'd ever written, and the first creative writing I'd done in several years. I was a bit rusty at it. :rainbowlaugh: When the third story is finished, I'm actually planning a cleanup of this one and an extensive reworking of the first to bring them all into line with each other in terms of pace and depth.

As for Chrysalis... I can definitely see what you're saying. The idea was that she'd turned over a new leaf after having done to her what she has spent her life doing to others, and feeling just how traumatic it is. I'll take steps to articulate this more clearly when I get round to doing the rewrite on this. :twilightsmile:

1477684

Aye, they are a bit jarring. Looking back I'm not entirely sure why they're in there. I believe there *are* some later on as well, but damned if I can remember where they all are. I should probably go back through and take them out at some point.

1551012

Frankly, I'm pleased that this is your only criticism. I'll let you into a bit of a secret here... this entire series is an absolute crock of dung. It evades me as to why people like it. :rainbowlaugh:

1596355

Sometimes, only vaporization will do. :rainbowlaugh:

this story was absolutely incredible.

1730880

Not sure if serious. :rainbowderp: If so, thanks. :twilightsmile:



1732139

Nah, this isn't EqD material, I bet they wouldn't touch this garbage with a 39-and-a-half-foot pole. I attempted to prep my one-shot story, Number Three Assistant, for EqD... and damn, they're stringent! I fully understand why, but after several days of chopping up and rewriting the story, I was getting pretty tired of it all. And it still failed moderation. :rainbowlaugh:

The whole process completely ruined any fun/value that particular story held for me, and I don't want the same fate to befall this series. :pinkiesmile: Whilst I hold no ill towards EQD and their editors, I won't be setting my sights so high again.

1846974

I have an unhealthy obsession with putting TF2 references in my stories - the third one is loaded with 'em. :rainbowlaugh:

1994364

I'll be honest with you, there was a cut piece of dialogue which consisted of Leech questioning how Trixie had managed to irritate the zebra to the point of throwing her out in less than a day. Trixie replied with words along the lines of it being necessary to keep the story moving.

When I gave this story its first major revision I removed most of the 4th wall and meta references, since they were quite jarring to the story's flow. So those lines got cut, and in retrospect it does seem odd that they'd cast her out for the relatively minor offense of self-aggrandizing. Perhaps I need to add to this particular section and accentuate just how much of an insufferable guest Trixie was. :rainbowlaugh:


All three stories are due another major overhaul once I'm done with the third anyway (if you think this one had issues, you ain't seen nothing yet!), so I'll definitely take this into account. Thanks for the support and feedback. :twilightsmile:

2353919

I did consider a dark tag for a long time... but then again, compared to some of the stuff I've read on here, this is TAME. :rainbowlaugh: Glad you enjoyed, and thanks for your readership. If you decide to go onto the third story, I'll let you know in advance that it's not dark even in the slightest. Tried to go back to the feeling of the first story on that one. :pinkiehappy:

Welp time to laugh for a third time.

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